Bluesky has a scold issue, people bursting into hobby posts to scream that the OP should be DOING SOMETHING IMPORTANT. I have come to the conclusion that we must fight fire with fire and scold the scolds.
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I would really prefer that MAGA doesn’t set my parameters.
aug 29, 2025, 4:53 pm • 0 0 • view
You’ve inspired me to start hobby posting
aug 29, 2025, 9:11 pm • 6 0 • view
Do it! Good for your soul and annoys the annoying
aug 29, 2025, 9:13 pm • 3 0 • view
You can’t sustain resistance, or even survive basic life without joy. Hobbies aren’t distractions. They’re fuel. Pleasure isn’t indulgence. It’s protection. Scolding someone for a hobby merely outs the scold as living with a deficit....
aug 29, 2025, 4:32 pm • 21 3 • view
Heaven forbid people come on here for a break so they don’t have a breakdown.
aug 29, 2025, 9:18 pm • 3 0 • view
Not allowed, apparently
aug 29, 2025, 9:19 pm • 2 0 • view
Yup. Doom scrolling and slacktivism 24/7 or else!
aug 29, 2025, 9:20 pm • 1 0 • view
This is absolutely why I try to do at least a few shitposts a day. Ideally it's two or three dick jokes for every serious thought.
aug 30, 2025, 5:16 pm • 1 0 • view
Not so gentle reminder to scolds: You don't know what people are doing in real life and in other online spaces and THEY DO NOT OWE YOU DISCLOSURE People can use their accounts however they like You could literally be doing anything else actually useful
aug 29, 2025, 4:26 pm • 115 7 • view
Feel free to use the image however and wherever you like, you don't need to credit me, it's public domain, I grant thee all rights to it. There has been a flurry of scold activity recently but it has always been an issue here. So give them a heaping dose of their own medicine.
aug 29, 2025, 4:31 pm • 60 3 • view
We tried being nice. We were like "Oh, it's fine to post about other stuff once in a while." And the scolds responded with "I WISH I WAS PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO IGNORE POLITICS!!!" So, let's not be nice. Butt out, scolds!
aug 29, 2025, 4:34 pm • 67 1 • view
And feel free to add to the list in the meme, I am sure you can think of lots of quick and easy online actions someone can take to have a positive impact instead of yelling at a random stranger for (checks notes) posting about a hobby.
aug 29, 2025, 4:42 pm • 39 1 • view
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aug 29, 2025, 4:56 pm • 30 2 • view
If you haven't been a scold target yet, it can be a little shocking when it does happen. Remember: -They invaded YOUR space -You do not need to justify yourself -You do not owe them anything -THEY are the ones who need to find something more important to do Turn the tables. Scold the scolds.
aug 29, 2025, 5:07 pm • 45 5 • view
Also, I’m a broad (she/her) because my spider sense is tingling and I just KNOW one of these keyboard warriors is trying reverse engineer “scold” so they can claim it’s an anti-woman slur. So as a woman (last I checked) I absolve you all. You can absolutely use “scold” to describe this behavior.
aug 29, 2025, 9:05 pm • 27 0 • view
The worst people found One Weird Trick to win arguments, or do they think. Like AI bros grabbing people with disabilities as human shields to defend their plagiarism machine Their commitment to standing up for disability rights evaporates when the many disabled artists tell them to shut up
aug 29, 2025, 9:09 pm • 31 2 • view
I have been dealing with an onslaught of this idiocy and I would like to go back to posting frogs and silent movies. And I hope I piss the scolds off and they block me. Please! Threaten me with a good time! Sheesh!
aug 29, 2025, 9:12 pm • 39 0 • view
I follow you because you are a wonderful break from the yelling in my timeline. I love old movies and learn from your posts.
aug 29, 2025, 10:12 pm • 1 0 • view
Wait, what do you MEAN posting isn't activism? I've got to, like, talk to people in my community and stuff?? Gross
aug 29, 2025, 5:17 pm • 3 0 • view
your posts are great and they make my day better
aug 29, 2025, 4:44 pm • 3 0 • view
My job is politics. I care about what happens. I’m glad when people share information that doesn’t make it into the news. But I also need literature, films, history, scenery, amazing facts about past civilisations. People who only focus on politics ignore the point of politics - to make life better.
aug 29, 2025, 4:41 pm • 9 1 • view
There’s so many other accounts that post about politics. People need a break sometimes so they don’t go insane (it’s me, I’m people)
aug 29, 2025, 4:57 pm • 4 0 • view
Yes, it's a major issue here. And the non-political accounts are getting overwhelmed by scolds and just by desperate people who grab onto ANYTHING non-political. We just need people sharing their favorite shows, their breakfast, their pets
aug 29, 2025, 4:58 pm • 2 0 • view
One of the best things I did for myself on here was searching out specifically non-political accounts to break up my following feed from constant bad news
aug 29, 2025, 4:58 pm • 2 0 • view
I wonder if Lucy ever saw that movie. I use this often for scolders.
aug 29, 2025, 4:45 pm • 6 0 • view
She might very well have, she would have been a teen when THE MERRY WIDOW (1925) was released and it was the biggest hit of the year
aug 29, 2025, 4:46 pm • 3 1 • view
I’m going to use this one haha
aug 29, 2025, 4:33 pm • 1 0 • view
"The greater idiot ever scolds the lesser." Captain Ahab
aug 30, 2025, 5:32 pm • 1 0 • view
Definitely saving this one for later use!
aug 29, 2025, 4:26 pm • 1 0 • view
I love it when I come across an interesting account. Movies, obscure historical interests, posts from museums around the country, old photos, cats - it makes me happy when one pops up amongst all the horrible facts being posted as the world becomes more dystopian by the day!
aug 29, 2025, 4:30 pm • 14 1 • view
I agree! Call them out on their bad behavior and make sure everyone knows you're not gonna put up with their pettiness 😤 Far too many people let themselves get walked all over for just existing or trying to find happiness. It's insane!
aug 29, 2025, 6:39 pm • 2 0 • view
This is the way. But also I wish more of us would go to the gun range. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
aug 29, 2025, 4:26 pm • 3 1 • view
The irony of telling someone, on your phone, that you should be doing more. I can't. 🫠
aug 29, 2025, 4:26 pm • 14 2 • view
Mm-hmm
aug 29, 2025, 4:27 pm • 9 1 • view
I just want to thank you for being "frivolous." There are days when the only things that help my mind escape encroaching fascism are posts about silent movies and old comics and silly songs. This being said, I've learned a lot of "important" things from your account as well!
aug 29, 2025, 10:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Ya and god forbid they get offline and do something meaningful IRL as opposed to the self-delusion that sharing opinion articles online makes any significant impact.
aug 29, 2025, 4:51 pm • 2 0 • view
Yep. They're the types who would scold a genuine organizer for wanting to unwind by posting pictures of cats. If it's not online, to them, it never happened.
aug 29, 2025, 4:52 pm • 7 0 • view
They often like to call it ableist when I say that, which of course is not my intent. If you physically or mentally cannot get out there on the streets, then clearly it isn’t about you. But those folks are almost never experiencing a disability. They just like to redirect away from their inaction.
aug 29, 2025, 5:31 pm • 4 0 • view
Oh very much so, and that’s why my post focused on small online activities that take about as much time as a scold. They literally have no excuse
aug 29, 2025, 5:39 pm • 4 0 • view
Also finding time to not just have a hobby, but create space such as this for others with this same love/interest,is a massive form of resistance against fascism.They don’t want us to have pockets of joy.They want us to work and make them money and then sleep. Joy as resistance isn’t just a slogan
aug 30, 2025, 5:21 pm • 2 0 • view
bluesky has a major purity and performative problem towards other people to the point of policing others art/hobbies/interests
aug 29, 2025, 4:29 pm • 8 1 • view
Like enthusiastically.
aug 29, 2025, 4:30 pm • 3 0 • view
Also if you are literally doing something & taking a risk to make society better, some rando from their couch will say you aren't doing enough. There is no way to win against the scolders. Thank you for your informative & entertaining content. It always cheers me up & that's its own resistance.
aug 29, 2025, 5:24 pm • 9 0 • view
Yep, that’s why I discourage disclosing anything you are actually doing. They just want to scold, nothing will ever be enough, they are not acting in good faith. Scolding back is the best way to handle them
aug 29, 2025, 5:26 pm • 9 0 • view
aug 29, 2025, 5:27 pm • 2 0 • view
Btw are gifs the new silent films? 🤔
aug 29, 2025, 5:29 pm • 0 0 • view
I really think more and more that upwards of 90% are right-wing trolls whose trolling doesn't work here, so they pose as their caricatured idea of unreasonable leftists. And maybe 10% are 17 year-olds who will grow out of it.
aug 29, 2025, 6:37 pm • 5 0 • view
Either way, they don't get to do it my feed
aug 29, 2025, 6:44 pm • 2 0 • view
For what it's worth, a lot of this behavior is very 2010s Tumblr-coded, so I fear a fair number are sincere adults who honestly think this is helping
aug 29, 2025, 6:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Yikes. Hate to think it, but I admit "hate to think it" gets us nowhere toward understanding it.
aug 29, 2025, 6:54 pm • 2 0 • view
Double-yikes, I just explained the situation to you without really knowing it. I think I've earned my testicles!
aug 29, 2025, 6:57 pm • 1 0 • view
It's okay, I wish they were fake but alas, I have seen this all before
aug 29, 2025, 6:58 pm • 2 0 • view
This is very good and constructive. Much better than the one I use, but it works for the trolls
aug 29, 2025, 4:28 pm • 16 1 • view